ABTRACT: Genealogical and biographical data on residents of Westfield and vicinity; scrapbooks of marriage and death notices clipped from Westfield papers; transcriptions of cemetery stones by Frank B. Lamb and others; extracts of marriages and deaths reported in Westfield and Mayville papers, 1840-50.

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Jefferson County (N.Y.) -- Biography
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St. Lawrence County (N.Y.) -- Biography
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Lewis County (N.Y.) -- Biography
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TITLE: Rensselaer County directory ... : containing the names and post office addresses of the inhabitants of the county, together with a business directory of the cities of Troy, Lansingburgh and Greenbush, and other miscellaneous information / by J.H. Lant

ABSTRACT: Diary for 1850-51 describing agricultural improvement, construction of a plank road and the Corning & Canandaigua Railroad, conservative Democratic politics and the discovery of gold in California. In the same volume are notes on later personal events; an autobiographical account; genealogical data on the Lee family; farm maps, 1837 and 1845, with statistics on wheat production, 1839-45 and detailed summary of farm accounts and work, 1850. Also a few theater programs; letters to his children from Austin, Nevada, 1862; a long description of the people and stores there in 1866; a report of his mining profits, 1865-66; and a brief vocabulary in Shoshone. Other items include an engraved portrait of his father Joshua; a license to practice medicine, 1804; and a militia commission from 1911. The entire collection has been photocopied.

LOCATION: Yates County Genealogical and Historical Society, 200 Main Street, Penn Yan, New York 14527.

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